Pawar turned 74 today.
Union Ministers Sushilkumar Shinde, Praful Patel, Tariq Anwar as also several MPs including P C Chacko, Vilas Muttemwar and Hussain Dalwai of the Congress and Sanjay Raut of the Shiv Sena as also Sikkim Governor Srinivas Patil greeted the NCP chief on his birthday.
Significantly, several Congress MPs from Andhra Pradesh greeted the Maratha strongman.
President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj conveyed their wishes on telephone.
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